Upcoming exhibition

F/ocal Length

12 June – 3 October 2012
 
The Oriel Sycharth Gallery will focus on Visual Art in the next exhibition entitled F/ocal Length which begins on Tuesday 12 June. The exhibition will compose of a series of moving image work by the artists who have been brought together as they have all previously shown their work in Wales.

The artists included are renowned Irish artist Cecily Brennan who is preoccupied with the vulnerability of the human psyche in her work and has exhibited both nationally and internationally to much acclaim.  Also exhibiting will be visual artists Heather Phillipson and Jessica Lloyd-Jones. Work by members of the University staff Richard Smith, Tracy Piper-Wright and Yvonne Eckersley will also be shown as well as a selection of work by our students.
 
There will be a Private View and drinks reception with a talk by the artists on Tuesday 12 June 5pm – 7pm where you can hear more about this fascinating collection of work.  To register your interest in attending please email c.thorne@glyndwr.ac.uk
 
The Oriel Sycharth Gallery is open Mon-Fri 9.00am – 5.00pm (4.30pm on a Friday) during term time.  It is situated at the main Glyndŵr University Wrexham campus above the main reception.

Current exhibition

Frank Bowling and Dennis de Caires: Paintings

28 February - 19 May 2012

Both artists are graduates of the Royal College of Art in London and their work is influenced by their early years in Guyana.

Estelle Thompson, Research Professor in Fine Art at Glyndŵr University, said: “It is 22 years since Frank Bowling and Dennis de Caires showed together in an ambitious exhibition in 1989 at The Umana Yana Centre in Georgetown, Guyana, and this new exhibition in Wales affords us an opportunity to re-examine and celebrate their work again.”

Bowling and de Caires’s work is influenced by the Guyanese writer Wilson Harris and both share a love of British painting, which is evident in the collection of works which will be on display.

Bowling was awarded an OBE in 2008 for his services to art and has had work exhibited in London, New York, Chicago and New Jersey, USA.

De Caires, more than 20 years Bowling’s junior, lives and works in London and Barbados and has had work featured extensively in both locations.

‘Frank Bowling and Dennis de Caires: Paintings’ opens at the Oriel Sycharth Gallery on Tuesday 28 February 2012 with a private view from 5pm to 7pm. Both artists will give a brief introductory talk to the exhibition during the evening.

                                                                                            'photograph by Jens Marott'

The paintings will then be on display from 9am – 4.30pm Monday to Friday in the gallery.

Previous exhibitions

• Exhibitions opened in 2011
• Exhibitions opened in 2010
• Exhibitions opened in 2009